Good News

A Watermelon Fest

I thought Jinnie at Solitice had a great idea about giving her dogs left over watermelon. I tried it with my crew over the weekend. I'd say it was a great success.

A very lady-like Jenna eating her watermelon.

Some pool side dining.

The old girl grabbed a piece and snuck off by herself to enjoy it.

Mmmm, good to the last drop.

Just Because It's Tuesday

I haven't taken pictures of my flowers in several weeks. The irises are gone, but now my day lilies are blooming.

So just because it's Tuesday, I thought I would play with my camera.
Here are a few pictures of my favorite peach colored day lilies.
Wait a minute, do I see a nose in the corner of that picture?
I think I do. Is it one of my favorite, flower sniffing, dirty nosed, black colored corgis??? Yup, that's Jenna.
And look, there's my other favorite black corgi, Rush!
What a pretty boy. :o)

I Won't Quit My Day Job

I decided that I wanted to take a new picture for the front page of my website. I loaded my camera, my dogs & one willing/unsuspecting son into my truck and headed over to a local park. I thought we could snap a few photos and be back home in a matter of minutes. How difficult could this really be? My dogs are fairly well trained . . . . or so I thought.

Boy, was I wrong. They lay around the house all day long and don't move for hours. I had no idea that when I really wanted them to sit still and not move, they would be unable to do so.
After taking a dozen pictures of Dixie not looking at me (she was sure that she was going to fall into the water) I decided to try a different spot.

This location did not work out much better. They kept trying to leave and check out the fountain.

They actually posed themselves for this picture but I was hoping for something a little better. I thought I would try one more spot.

At this point, I really began to wonder "What was I thinking?"

I decided to quit with this shot and call it a day.

After 90 minutes and approx. 100 photos, this turned out to be my favorite picture of the day.

Show Me The Way

Rush, the inquisitive one, is the first to discover the pool.

Confused at what to do with it, he leans on the edge. Lacey starts to investigate.

She leans in too, still unsure as to what is the purpose of this big, blue wiggly thing.

Enter Jenna the Pro.

She dives right in and lounges like a princess in her private spa.

Rush and Lacey stare at Jenna with admiration. Wisdom does come with age.

Here is the family hanging out at the new, local watering hole. The only one that is missing in the pictuure is Dixie. She hates water and will walk around the whole perimeter of the yard to avoid getting any where near the pool.

Jenna's BOB Picture from Clarksville, TN

Our ring time was late in the day. I think Jenna was getting hot, look at her tongue.

Ode To Mother

This is the poem that was on my Mother's Day card today:

"A Mother's Day Poem From the Dog"

You feed me when I'm hungry,

You keep water in my dish,

You let me sleep on anything,

Or in any place I wish.

You sometimes let me lick your hands,

or even lick your face,

Despite that fact I've licked myself,

In every private place.

You taught me how to come when called,

You taught me how to sit,

You always let me go outside,

So I can take a shxx stroll.

You'll always have my loyalty

up to the bitter end,

'cause after all, it's plain to see.......

You are a dog's best friend!

Happy Mother's Day.

Love; Mike, Kenny & Brent

2008 CWCCA Nationals

The Cardigan Welsh Corgi Nationals are this week. Its location is rotated every year and always in a different part of the country. Typically, I try to go if the show is in any kind of reasonable driving distance for me. This year it is located in Fort Mitchell, KY. Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend. Jenna is entered in the Megan and Best of Breed and will be shown for me by her breeder.

My friend will be transporting Jenna for me. When I dropped her off at my friend's house, I found it interesting the color combination of the dogs that were going. All the colors were represented. The only color that we were missing was the blue merle.

Camera Critters

Misty Dawn has started a new Sunday meme called Camera Critters. All you have to do each Sunday is post a photo that you have taken of an animal - any animal! I thought this was a great one for me to participate in because I love taking pictures of my dogs. Here is my entry.

This is Jenna on the first day that we brough her home. This picture was some what prophetic. She was a wild puppy and really has not changed much from day one. Now that she is 2 1/2 years old, she has calmed down some. Jenna is very sweet and loving, but she still is my most active dog.

Jenna's Best of Breed Photo

Jenna's photo from last weekend's show arrived. The judge, Jon Cole, has to be one of the tallest judges I have ever shown too. There are not many people that make me feel short, but he sure is one of them. :o)

A Dog Show

I went to the dog show in Tennessee on Saturday with Jenna. I am pleased to announce that she took Best of Breed! I had her picture taken and will post it as soon as it arrives. I hope it came out nice. It is not easy to take a nice show picture. The group judge, James Noe, did not spend much time on Jenna, but I was happy to see that he gave the Swedish Valhund a Group Four. That breed is even harder to find then the Cardigan. I entered Jenna on Sunday too, but I forgot that it was Easter. I was very tempted to go back because I felt that she could win Best of Breed the second day too, but I didn't. I have to remind myself of priorities. :-)

The show site.

Jenna gets a little grooming before ring time. I knew I was only going to be there for one day, so I didn't bother trying to get grooming space in the building.

Rush studies his first dog show. He is still too young to show, but I brought him along so he could sample the experience.

I did not have anyone ring side to take pictures of us, but I did snap one of the arena. I think it must have been lunch time because it looks like most of the rings are pretty empty.

Jenna

I entered Jenna in a dog show this weekend. As the weekend approached, I waivered back and forth on it. Do I really want or feel like going? As usual, Cardigans pulled an 8:00 A.M. ring time, which means I will have to get up at 4:30 A.M. to be there on time. My boys are on Spring Break this week. I took some time off from work to be with them. It is nice sleeping in and not having a schedule to keep. However, I played with my camera this afternoon and took pictures of the puppies. In the process, I snapped this picture of Jenna. While looking at the photos, I realized that she is looking quite nice. So, after not doing much of any thing all day, I suddenly found myself bathing and grooming Jenna at 9:00 at night. We will see if my hunch was right.

These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things

Shades of Gray

Here are my pretty dogs. I love all the different shades of gray.

A Good Weekend at the Dog Show

Jenna won back-to-back Best of Breed in Franklin, TN!

Grooming Session

Tayler and Jenna in Their Private Spa